Monday Music Update

super summer tunes

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:08:00 -0400

07/20/2010

M.I.A.
Space

her new album has 3 standout tracks Space + XXXO + It takes a Muscle!

Chemical Brothers
Swoon (Boys Noize Summer Mix)

Somehow the brothers keep working it out. Put the album on, let it play.

Scissor Sisters
Nightwork

again whole album = great pop music!

Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Creep

the world should revolve around me

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:29:00 -0400

06.01.2010

I caught a cab on Saturday. And then it caught a Toyota!

(notice both airbags deployed)

And in that split second as my wasted life flashed before my eyes, all I could think was "I should have blogged more!" So here we go....

The Wideboys take Little Jackie's catchy spring anthem to the clubs. Reminds me of Scumfrog vs Crystal Gayle - My Time.

Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me (Wide Boys Club Mix)

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dj rc - my wheelhouse

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:47:00 -0400

04.17.2010

Here's the sound to your summer mixed by yours truly! Its over 2 hours long, features scads of fantastic producers & summer anthems and most importantly I threw in not 1 but 2 Will Smith samples. Actor Will Smith not Prince Will Smith.

Enjoy!

Live Stream:

DJ RC - My Wheelhouse Part 1
DJ RC - My Wheelhouse Part 2

Download (192K/158MB) version:

DJ RC - My Wheelhouse via Zippyshare

Download (320K/263MB) version:

DJ RC - My Wheelhouse via Hotfile

Tracklist
Michael Woods - I Said
Bobby Fukwit - 80's Ladies
Mark Knight & Dity South - Stopover
Daltonic - Kiss of Rain (Conan Liquid Vocal Mix)
Prok & Fitch, Nanchang Nancy - Walk With Me
Gramophonedzie - Why Don't You (Bingo Players Remix)
Hermanez - Soms
Filthy Rich - Arumba
Stefano Noferini - Burujava (Original Vibes Mix)
Down Right Rude - Sofia
Oliver Giacomotto and Dj Tonio - V1ru5
Bobby Fukwit - Will Smith is My Co-Pilot P1
Koen Grovenfeld - 1981
Soneec and Belocca - Bla Bla
Sonic Revolution & Dill - Hey Baby , Hey Crazy (Club Mix)
Tim Sanchez - Can U Feel It (Dj Chick Crazy Mix)
Noir Westboy - She's Got My Heart
The Black Project - In the Disco
Costello - Girls Speak Louder (Donique Remix)
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice 2010 (Lazy Rich Dub Mix)
Oliver Twizt - Gangsterdam (Nom De Strip Remix)
Joan Reyes - Shakedown (Bass Kleph Remix)
Dan Curtin - Mr. Bean Do An E (Dj Madskillz Remix)
Claude VonStroke & Bootsy Collins - Greasy Beat (dop Remix)
Joeysuki - Down to Earth
Marshall aka Luigi Rocca -The Words Of Wine
Mendo - Madrugada
Mathew Dear & Seth Troxler - Hurt (Martinez Dark Soul Remix)
Bobby Fukwit - Will Smith is My Co-Pilot P2
Berlin Express - 4:08 To Paris (Tiger Stripes Remix)

Good Intentions Paving Company

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:28:00 -0400

04.15.2010

JoJo is a harpy penis. I mean a harpist / pianist. Shes got lady parts. And did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?

Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company

PS My new summer house mix will be up shortly! And sh*t goddamn it clocks in at 2 HOURS!

Gorillaz – Stylo (Featuring Bobby Womack & Mos Def)

noreply@blogger.com (Matetyahu) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:44:00 -0400

03.24.2010

More trouble for EMI, this time with Gorillaz big hit Stylo from their new album "Plastic Beach". Eddy Grant and his lawyers claim there are "substantive similarities" between Stylo and his 1983 song Time Warp. See more HERE. Whosampled.com seems to think it's a rip. Check it out HERE.

Eddy Grant says "Damon Albarn knows in his heart of hearts – it's unfortunate that we cant get into people's hearts – he knows that this is a song that he's loved, in his club days… I don't know the guy… but he knows this is a song he loves." It's up to the respective lawyers now. The 62-year-old Grant is so pissed that he decided to re-release Time Warp digitally online for your downloading pleasure. Regardless, Gorillaz "Plastic Beach" album has been lauded by critics.

Ok Go – This Too Shall Pass (RGM Version)

noreply@blogger.com (Matetyahu) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:58:00 -0400

03.22.2010

OK Go just recently parted ways with EMI to start its very own independent record label, Paracadute (Italian for "parachute"), 'cause they weren't happy with EMI's decision to not allow embedding of the band's videos online. This as their latest video "This Too Shall Pass" was, like, totally going viral...

The band's no stranger to viral videos. Their 2006 music video for "Here it Goes Again," featuring choreographed dancing on treadmills, has been seen almost 50 million times and is in the top-50 most-watched videos on YouTube ever. See HERE.

"The numbers are shocking: When EMI disabled the embedding feature, views of our treadmill video dropped 90 percent, from about 10,000 per day to just over 1,000," frontman Damian Kulash wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times earlier this year. "Our last royalty statement from the label, which covered six months of streams, shows a whopping $27.77 credit to our account."

So on January 12th, 2010, the first video for the song "This Too Shall Pass" (the Marching Band version) was released [about 1.5 million views as I write – not too shabby!]. On March 1st, 2010, the second video for the song was released (the Rube Goldberg Machine version)... [and this version got – Martha get off the phone, you're gonna wanna hear this – almost 9.5 million views, as I write.].

OK Go singer-songwriter-guitarist Damian Kulash says that they view videos not as a potential source of income, but rather as another creative outlet.

"This is all sort of part of the creative project for us," he says. "I mean, the animating passion for us is to get up and chase down our craziest ideas, and sometimes those are filmic, and sometimes they're purely sounds."

For the L.A.-based, Chitown-rooted band's latest viral video "This Too Shall Pass", they assembled a team of dozens of engineers to construct a set; more than 60 takes were needed to get everything working just right during filming. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, the California Insitute Of Technology and gadget firm Syyn Labs helped build 'the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine'.

London's Daily Mail sadly noted that "OK Go's latest album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, from which This Too Shall Pass is taken, has sold just 25,000 copies since its release two months ago."

Feel bad? Don't, they're consummate artists, currently toiling away on creating a new video for the song "End Love" from the same above-mentioned album. Also, perhaps you can can give them your disposable cash when they perform at The Mod Club in T.O. Friday, April 23, 2010.

Vampire Weekend – Diplomat's Song

noreply@blogger.com (Matetyahu) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:48:00 -0400

03.19.2010

Sources say Ezra Koenig (pictured above) was raised in New Jersey, son of a therapist mother and movie set supervisor father. Apparently the band has suffered a bit of a backlash in the past for their apparent upper-crust upbringing (loafers-wearing, Columbia University-attending "white boys"). Koenig took the band's "whiteness" to task, reminding everyone that "the two main writers in the band are Jewish and Persian, which is a pretty broad definition of 'whiteness.'"

Rostam Batmanglij, keyboardist/guitarist/backing vocalist, and who recently "came out" to much publicity, just addressed the issue of the band's last album sounding like Paul Simon's Graceland album:

"We actually met Paul Simon and I asked him if he thought our record sounded like Graceland," says Batmanglij. "He said no. He said there was like a West African feeling to a lot of the guitars. But he said there was a punk element that he had never chosen to pursue. It was very cool that he could have that perspective to describe things so objectively."

Also, of note: Vampire Weekend has performed on Saturday Night Live TWICE in as many years, which is quite a feat for such a young band! See Jorma Taccone from The Lonely Island (TLI) dancing it up as the band performs on SNL (HERE).

Vampire Weekend – Diplomat's Son

Future Islands – Beach Foam

noreply@blogger.com (Matetyahu) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:47:00 -0400

03.17.2010

Future Islands? Future Shock! As far as I can tell, it appears to be a trio based out of Baltimore, Maryland. Basic instruments used: Synth keyboards, Drum machine and bass guitar. One source described their style as "minimalist dancepunk, pop, lo-fi, post wave". The lead singer is Sam Herring and his voice is striking: sometimes it's gruff as he belts out some poignant refrain, at other times it's euphonious, even plaintive. Future Islands will move you. Beach Foam is from their 2008 album "Wave Like Home". I'm looking forward to their upcoming album "In Evening Air" (comes out on May 4). And they're in my hometown June 7th. Tickets go on sale in three weeks!

Future Islands - Beach Foam

the ettes

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:03:00 -0400

03.15.2010

Summer is here. I'm convinced of it.

Ettes = one bad ass two-thirds Texas girl band!

The Ettes - You Can't Do That To Me

mmu fav films 2009

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:43:00 -0500

03.04.2010

1. Un prophète

A Scarface for the 21st century! Tahar Rahim (Malik) is superb! Niels Arestrup (César) is as well! Spielberg or Scorcese are undoubtedly already at work on the American remake.

BONUS: A cool cover of the classic song Mack The Knife by Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

2. Technology, er, Avatar! (in 3D IMAX, of course)

This flick features both a Canadian director and the best Canadian film tech has to offer. That's right, a Canadian company gave the world IMAX. You're welcome world, and don't forget about it...

Incidentally "F*ck y'all!" is something you will never hear a Canadian say: We are so polite and nice, the Prime Minister may prorogue the government and we don't even require an explanation. What's that now? Harper did what!? Well... I'm sure he has a good reason. If Wayne Gretzky can rub elbows with him at the Vancouver Games, he can't be all that evil, can he now? [crickets]

Thanks to the magnificence of Avatar, the experts have declared 2010 to be the year of 3D! Avatar is the only movie you have to leave the house for. (The rest can be downloaded by various means). The movie itself may not be the most artistic or the deepest or even that well written, but the G-rating allows every child to see it and be brainwashed into thinking man is inherently bad and the natives are always good. And damn, I loved it! Cameron sure got one thing right – that seemingly indomitable villain, Colonel Quaritch (played by Stephen Lang).

3. The Hurt Locker

This movie was directed by Katherine Hardwick (as in James Cameron's ex-wife). She has a chance to be the first woman to take home the Best Director Oscar. Jeremy Renner is great, and a cameo by Ralph Fiennes is brilliant! Oscar Best Pic no doubt in my mind. Or on my bookies tic sheet. Should also win the award for best title.

4. The Blind Side

I know. I know. WTF RC? Well, strong female characters are hard to find. Make her southern and we're in business! Like it or not, this is the biggest sports film of all time. My mom watches this daily. Haha! Sigh... So do I.

5. Food Inc.

Succinct and revealing documentary about what we (unfortunately) eat. Suddenly toxic dolphin meat sounds delicious! If you didn't get that joke; watch "The Cove." While we're taking docs, “Capitalism: A Love Story” was wonderfully depressing as well.

6. District 9

Absolute game changer for the sci-fi genre. The robo suit fight scene is live action-anime gorgeous!

7. Fantastic Mr. Fox

I love director Wes Anderson. Mr. Fox is pretty fantastic but not his best. The Royal Tenenbaums is his best hands down. Nevertheless, Anderson manages to retain his trademark style film after film. Impressive and inspired. Anderson brought back all his favourites in Mr. Fox including Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson. First-time actors in an Anderson film include Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Jarvis Cocker, George Clooney and Meryl Streep.

Wes Anderson from best to rest: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Rushmore, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Bottle Rocket. As always with Anderson the soundtrack is well executed from start to finish. I think he makes movies like I make mix tapes for girls, cause we know our music be the best and pretty ladies ought to know about it. Touché, Mr. Anderson!

8. Watchmen

Had they kept the octopus ending I might have placed this one higher. But it is impressive nonetheless. Oh and it turns out there is a REAL doomsday clock! AND it just recently moved even closer to midnight! Who knew!?

9. The Hangover

Seven reasons why The Hangover is the unofficial/spiritual sequel to Old School, which we were all waiting for...

1. Todd Phillips makes a “sleazy” cameo (in the elevator sexing a lady / Luke Wilson at door looking to sex some ladies)
2. Both feature a super hottie jail-bait character (underage high school student / a hooker)
3. Unhappily married douche (Vaughn / Cooper)
4. Famous black icon cameo (Snoop / Tyson)
5. Both feature The Dan Band
6. Both feature a comic genius naked (Will Ferrell / Zach Galifianakis)
7. Both films feature a musical interlude by a main character (Dust in the wind / Stu's Song)

10. (500) Days of Summer

The Regina Spektor "Hero" scene is simply AMAZING!

11. Up

Pixar. 'Nuff said... Watched this in digital 3D. The story was amazing, but the 3D was blah.

12. Youth in Revolt

Witty, funny. That Cera kid is gonna be okay. Runners up would include Brüno and I Love You Man.

13. Observe and Report

Wes Anderson has some competition in Jody Hill. Both directors always feature brilliant actors (Faris, Rogen, Liotta) and manage to create an offbeat style all each others own. I love the trailer for this movie which features "The Man" by Patto... "Why are you stopin' motherfucker?"

14. The Boat that Rocked [aka Pirate Radio]

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson. So basically British royalty plus Philip Seymour Hoffman (who steals the show!). The Soundtrack is huge, two CDs. Well worth the purchase...

15. The Informant!

Soderberg directs the hell out of this picture. Matt Damon is hilarious! I hope Scott Bakula becomes a Soderberg mainstay! The Marvin Hamlisch soundtrack complements this movie like a fine red wine complements cold, day-old Chinese food for breakfast!

16. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Really a great cartoon! Very impressive in HD. Hader, Faris and crew are hilarious! But seriously, how could a movie with James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Neil Patrick Harris, Will Forte, and Al Roker possibly fail!?

17. An Education

Peter Sarsgaard carries this film along briskly with lots of help from Carey Mulligan and Alfred Molina. An alternate title could have been "Music Lover Statutorily Rapes a Teenage Girl and her Father Couldn't be Happier." You know... light family fare!

18. Crazy Heart

T-Bone is a better Burnett than I. He scored the whole damn picture. This is a much better musical than Nine. For one thing, the music is actually good! And Jeff Bridges' portrayal of a broken-down, hard-living country has-been was excellent.

19. The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson takes on the serial killer genre and he masterfully applies his trademark fantasy treatment to create a fairytale out of some gruesome material. It's a weird one, and I liked it. The story never does what you'd expect of it. Does it fully succeed? Not really, but hey, that's why it sits in the lowly 19th spot.

20. Zombieland

Surprising fun. The Bill Murray cameo steals the show.

ridney

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:26:00 -0500

02.28.2009

If you were shipwrecked on this island and walked up to this house; this is what you would surely hear echoing from the front door...

Heres hoping this lady is there too! Defected have a 2010 summer anthem here for reals!

Ridney - At Night

life magazine

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:27:00 -0500

17.02.2010

Cold Cave bring their indie dance sound back. Luvs it.

weekend wild life

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:36:00 -0500

05.02.2010

It's the weekend! Time to make bad decisions involving liquor, ladies and some dirty club that makes you stand in a cold line for the better part of an hour only to find out you wore the wrong shoes and therefore cannot gain entrance. Or you could just stay at home put these tunes on repeat and not get laid all the same...

Paul Harris vs The Eurythmics
"I Want U"

Top notch house music. Good for you Paul! Of course you'd have to be semi retarded to make a bad Eurythmics remix.

Major Lazor + Elephant Man
"Halo"

This is fun. Major Lazor, aka Diplo, and Elephant Man take on Beyonce's mega-hit.

Major Lazor - Halo

Fear of Tigers
"I Can Make The Pain Disappear"

From the FREE freshman album "Cossus Snofsigalonica". Isn't it nice when dance music is both euphoric and free!

Fear of Tigers - I can Make The Pain Disappear

David Guetta & Madonna
"Revolver"

Guetta is so hot right now and Madge...well she gets around. Remember Confessions on a Dancefloor produced by king disco shit, Jacques Lu Cont? Well this isn't that good. But it is seriously all right!

yellow wings

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Tue, 2 Feb 2010 07:24:00 -0500

02.02.2010

Indie fantastic. What are yellow wings anyway? The Urban dictionary tells me...oh. Oh my. Well that's just awful. Necro-what!? I've made a huge mistake. This has tainted my appreciation of this song.

Keepaway - Yellow Wings

destroy

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:15:00 -0500

02.01.2009

The Japanese Popstars, team up with the man, the legend, Jon Spencer! If you are not familiar with 90's punk/blues/rock god JSBX then all you have to know is this - In university there were two types of women: lesbians and women that loved Jon Spencer.

The Japanese Popstars feat. Jon Spencer - Destroy

The Japanese Popstars are A-OK as well. The hype behind these guys is reaching critical mass so expect more from them soon! Fun fact: they're Irish!

fan death

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:44:00 -0500

01.30.2010

Fan Death is a super duper Vancouver lady duo who will surely be bringing us some A-list material in 2010. Or so the blogs and papers would like us to believe. With all the hype behind these two, I had to wonder if it was warranted. So I put my detective hat, monocle, and cape on, called my trusted sidekick and started building a case. After many hours of intensive private eying, I managed to not only decipher their MySpace page but also managed to uncover why they name themselves so: Apparently South Korean's are afraid of being left alone at night with their fans in a closed room. Pay dirt! Obviously these two ladies identify with just such a scenario. Fortunately for them they are touring with Vampire Weekend now and can afford security. Case solved!

Free MP3 Download: "Reunited (Ghost Hunter Remix)" via Rcrdlbl

romance is boring

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:00:00 -0500

01.24.10

"Romance is Boring" is off of Los Campesinos! (or "The Farmers!") second album. And if this is any indication it's already better than their first...

Los Campansinos - Romance is Boring via CaVaCool

MMU TOP 100 Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:16:00 -0500

12.08.2009

It has been noted that some people would like to listen to the countdown without having to click each song separately. So I made a playlist b*tches! Ta-da...

MMU COUNTDOWN PART 1

MMU COUNTDOWN PART 2

Also I have added ALOT of FREE MP3 links to the Top 100 Countdown. So peruse away.

MMU Top 100 Countdown 2009 (1-19)

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:58:00 -0500

12.06.2009

#1 Animal Collective

"My Girls"

Easiest choice ever. It's my ringtone FCS. It's psychedelic beach boy melodies drove pitchfork indie kids wild and as an added bonus it actually is enjoyable to listen to! I can still remember the first time hearing this as I seriously think it triggered an acid flashback! I was downtown, it was snowing. I spaced out, walked into traffic and began crying. ha-ha. Just kidding. It wasn't snowing.

Free MP3 Download: "My Girls" via betterPropaganda

#2 Florence & the Machine

"Dog Days Are Over"

Best song off the album. Truthfully, I liked all the live/demo stuff more than the final album. Specifically I am thinking of how overproduced "My Boy Builds Coffins" turned out, the fact that "Hospital Beds" wasn't included or how they thought that "U Got The Love" could ever be improved upon (I learned along time ago that ladies named Candi are not to be trifled with. They will mess you up!). Besides all this, Florence still manages to snag the #2 spot on the countdown because lady has got lungs and "Dog Days" is spectacular! (as is "Girl With One Eye" & "Rabbit Heart" I might add)

Free MP3 Download: "Dog Days Are Over (Optimo Remix)" via Keepreal.org

#3 La Roux

"In For The Kill (Skream’s Get Ravey Remix)"

J'adore la pompadour! First of all the WHOLE album is Great! 12 tracks of 80s pop glory! For reals people. Buy it for "Colourless Colour", "Armour Love", "Tigerlily", "Quicksand" and of course "I’m Not Your Toy" . The original version of "In For The Kill" is actually one of the weakest tracks on the album! The only reason it is at #3 on the countdown is because Skream's darker dubstep interpretation is simply fantastic!

Free MP3 Download: "In For The Kill (Skream’s Get Ravey Remix)" via NME

#4 The Big Pink

"Velvet"

Great band. Ridiculous name. I mean I cannot suggest it to a woman without getting:
a. punched
b. slapped, or
c. exactly what I am usually after all along; a date. It's inuendous!

Free MP3 Download: "Velvet" via Spinner

#5 Bombay Bicycle Club

"Dust On the Ground"

Wow. he looks about 12. I didn't expect that. What tragedy befell him to lower his voice so? Someone didn't love him enough.

Free MP3 Download: "Dust On the Ground (Tanlines Remix)" via TheFader

#6 Chew Lips

"Salt Air"

Hooky catchy pop with attitude. I cannot verbalize why the heck I love this song so much, or why I want to describe the vocalist, Tigs, as a female Mick Jagger.

Free MP3 Download: "Salt Air (Suds and Soda Remix)" via NME

#7 Matt & Kim

"Daylight"

Great pop music. Period. They won an MTV video award for "Lessons Leaned" which featured graphic and permit-less, public nudity. I was understandably disgusted. So I instead chose this other song of theirs called "Daylight" which has a much more PG-13 video, so as not to offend anyone (especially our younger readers). Don't worry pervs. I snuck a singing vagina video into post #25

Free MP3 Download: "Daylight" via NME

#8 Jack Peñate

"Tonight's Today"

Produced by hit maker Paul Epworth (Florence, Friendly Fires, Bloc Party...) This second album totally saved Jack from having to sex people for money. Bravo you magnificent bastard. You managed to use that pretty mouth for something respectable after all. All his singles ("Pull my Heart Away", "Tonight's Today" and "Be The One") sound the same so I chose "Tonight Today" for the countdown as it was the first single off the album.

Free MP3 Download: "Tonight's Today" via Spinner

#9 The Kindness

"Swinging Party"

Who the f are "The Kindness"? Severely perfect song and no ones around to take credit for it. Typical. Just another poor little b word. Wait... I googled it and apparently his name is Adam Bainbridge. Poor fella has prolly got warrants. Can’t risk leaving the house I guess.

Free MP3 Download: "Swinging Party" via SevenNoises.Blogspot.com

#10 Crystal Fighters

"Xtatic Truth"

Kitsuné (record label) has this indie punk-pop-dance sensibility/philosophy, and this tune is the perfect embodiment of that. Plus it is great to run to; I would suppose.

Free MP3 Download: "Xtatic Truth (Totally Extinct Enormous Dinosaurs Remix)" via NME

#11 The Horrors

"Who Can Say"

If the White Lies is the new Killers then The Horrors is the New Strokes. These guys have got seriously funnier hairdos than the chick from Tokio Hotel. My guess is they don’t have time to comb their hair cause damn it they work. 2 albums. 3 years. Take that Harlem Shakes!

Free MP3 Download: "Who Can Say" via SailorJerryBlog

#12 White Lies

"Death"

The White Lies deliver the album The Killers were supposed to. Congrats to you! Didn't quite make the mmu Top 10, however. Shame. I can still remember the last White Lies concert I went to. It was just me and legions of 12 year old girl fans. We all just cheered and cheered and threw our panties on stage and of course told our parents that Jessica was having a sleep over at her house that night.

#13 Fever Ray

"Triangle Walks (Rex the Dog Remix)"

The lengths some people will go to to keep their shinny new indie cred. Take for instance known offender and all-around dirty trickster, Karin Dreijer Andersson (aka Fever Ray) (aka lead vocalist The Knife). This lady has got priors! Big ones. Why do you think they used to call her The Knife? I wonder what new moniker she will be back with next year? You can't keep tricking the indie scenesters, darling, they're gonna know it's you again. I think she ought to combine 'em and call herself "Knife Fever." Also, Rex the Dog again reminds us that his shit has some powerful stink. Good-boy!

Free MP3 Download: "Triangle Walks (Allez Allez Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#14 VV Brown

"Shark in the Water (Blame Remix)"

Blame makes a textbook classic DnB tune. Wish there were more than 8 DnB producers left in the wild. Extinction is sad even when it doesn't affect whats for dinner. Now can any one tell me what "Electro House" would be in this analogy? I was looking for "beef". I would have also accepted "chicken".

Free MP3 Download: "Shark in the Water (Original Mix)" via Arjanwrites.com

#15 The Gossip

"Love Long Distance"

She’s maybe the only female vocalist that can take Florence down in a singing fight. Beth always comes armed with that Stevie Nicks essence that can probably win-out. FYI: The Gossip have been around since 1999! "Music For Men" is an excellent album and their strongest material yet. "Love Long Distance", "Heavy Cross", "Dimestore Diamond", plus the remixes (Fake Blood, Fred Falke...) are all EXCELLENT!

#16 Miike Snow

"Black and Blue"

What is up with the proliferation of Swedish pop? Is it a cultural thing? Lars' father teaches him how to make pop music just like his father before that and his father before that AND in ENGLISH to boot! Sounds sinister to me. Some sort of dirty Swedish plot me thinks. But I swear no matter how weird or douchey the Swedes dress it up, it's always SPECTACULAR! Remember ABBA!? Again English! Second! language!

Free MP3 Download: "Black and Blue (Caspa Remix)" via NME
Free MP3 Download: "Black and Blue (Tiga Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#17 Starsailor

"Tell Me It's Not Over (Thin White Duke Remix)"

Thin White Duke is Stuart Price is Jacques Lu Cont is Les Rythmes Digitales is Madonnas saviour is Zoot Woman. It's easiest to describe his musical style as "future". And yeah Starsailor they're OK too. Actually they are great but for some reason they are a perfect fit with Stuart Price. They go together like cocaine and more cocaine. Need more proof? Look to their last co-mingling "Four To The Floor (The Thin White Duke Remix)".

#18 Filthy Dukes

"Messages (Rusty Egan Remix)"

Love the name. 2 tracks in the countdown. nuf said.

#19 Wave Machines

"Keep The Lights On"

I instantly adored this one. They're from Liverpool they got hair on their balls and they make pop music. The end.

Free MP3 Download: "Keep The Lights On" via RCRD_LBL
Free MP3 Download: "Keep The Lights On" via wavemachines.co.uk

MMU Top 100 Countdown 2009 (20-39)

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:15:00 -0500

12.04.09

#20 Dada Life

"Happy Hands And Happy Feet"

Amazing and original sounding house music has not been a common occurrence this year. Dada Life must have cashed in some bonds or RRSP's or some shit cause in the middle of a recession they are giving away this mind vibrator FOR FREE over at RCRD_LBL. They'll be working well into their nineties to recoup this loss. Poor bastards.

Free MP3 Download: "Happy Hands And Happy Feet" via RCRD_LBL

#21 One Eskimo

"Kandi"

It's Candi "You Got The Love" Staton. Cicada give us a powerful big room house pleaser which I cannot endorse enough. It's fantastic!

#22 Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

"Dance The Way I Feel"

Another post apocalyptic indie-dance-punk-pop group. Armand Van Helden gets props for turning in an excellent grinding house remix!

Free MP3 Download: "Dance The Way I Feel" via Sheenabeaston

#23 Peter Bjorn John

"Nothing to Worry About"

kids voices + the Swedes = nice

Free MP3 Download: "Nothing to Worry About" via Kanyeuniversecity

#24 Hockey

"Too Fake"

Everybody loves em. Blah blah blah Portland..

Free MP3 Download: "Too Fake (Will & Joe Ask Remix)" via WeLikeItIndie

#25 Bloc Party

"Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)"

What kind of countdown would it be without the Bloc? Armand Van H again churns out a stunner. It has even got its own video?

Free MP3 Download: "Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#26 Analog People In A Digital World

"Rose Rouge"

And although they never won a war or mass produced a decent car, Italy has managed to give us APIDW (Italian duo Matteo Esse and Sant). Viva Italia!

Free MP3 Download: "Rose Rouge" via AsHeard

#27 Passion Pit

"Little Secrets"

Passion Pit blah blah blah. The Jack Beats remix is some really nice electro house business!

Free MP3 Download: "Little Secrets (Jack Beats Remix)" via Neonized

#28 Filthy Dukes

"This Rhythm"

The Filthy D's are stylish, handsome, rugged, and above all else, talented. No homo.

#29 Noah And The Whale

"Blue Skies"

Certain Arcade Fire-ishness with these guys. Originally I listened to the Yacht remix but didn't really care for it. So I Dismissed Noah and his whale altogether. As it turns out, Noah is great. Yacht tricked me! OK. Lesson learned. Dicks.

Free MP3 Download: "Blue Skies (YACHT Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#30 La Roux

"I'm Not Your Toy"

La Roux. My what an original choice. It was this or "Colourless Colour". This had a video. Remember to get the Jack Beats remix if you like wobbly bass all up in yo face.

Free MP3 Download: "Im Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)" via BoomBoomChik
Free MP3 Download: "Im Not Your Toy (Data Remix)" via BoomBoomChik

#31 The Gossip

"Heavy Cross"

The Fred Falke Remix is dope!

Free MP3 Download: "Heavy Cross" via TheFader
Free MP3 Download: "Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)" via PrettyMuchAmazing

#32 Harlem Shakes

"Sunlight"

they fucking broke up!

Free MP3 Download: "Sunlight" via IGuessImFloating
Free MP3 Download: "Sunlight" via Flavorwire

#33 Mad8 vs Shawn Christopher

"Just Another Sleepless Night (Dino Lenny Remix)"

out of office have a nice remix as well, but Dino Lenny`s is just afterhours dreamy.

#34 The Vanish

"Hold On"

Remix Remix Remix!

Free MP3 Download: "Hold On" via Electrorash

#35 Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo

"Knock You Down (ChuFu GhettoClub Fix)"

Kanye weaseled his way into the countdown. Chufu remix is a nice ipod friendly hip-house thing.

#36 David Guetta & Akon

"Sexy Bitch"

"Sexy Bitch" is prolly the club anthem of 2009. Not too surprising as Guetta is the man who brought us the uber anthem, "Just A Little More Love". If you are tired of the original, I suggest you move over to the Abel Ramos remix which jacks a big room techno vibe.

Free MP3 Download: "Sexy Bitch" via TheBurningEar
Free MP3 Download: "Sexy Bitch (Abel Ramos Atlanta With Love Remix)" via DJ-UDSTYR
Free MP3 Download: "Sexy Bitch (Afrojack Remix)" via NeverSleepAgain

#37 Jack Peñate

"Pull My Heart Away (From The Beach Remix)"

Free MP3 Download: "Pull My Heart Away" via NotManyExperts

#38 Wave Machines

"Punk Spirit"

Free MP3 Download: "Punk Spirit" via Indieball

#39 Little Red

"Coca Cola"

Free MP3 Download: "Coca-Cola" via Triplejunearthed

MMU Top 100 Countdown 2009 (40-59)

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:14:00 -0500

12.03.2009

#40 Fever Ray "When I Grow Up"
Free MP3 Download: "When I Grow Up" via RCRD_LBL

#41 Hammarin & Robin "Hell Knows I'm In Love"
Free MP3 Download: "Hell Knows I'm In Love" via Mad For It Records

#42 Grizzly Bear "Two Weeks"

#43 Sebastien Tellier "Kilometer (A-Track Remix)"
Free MP3 Download: "Kilometer (A-Track Remix)" via NME

#44 Cubic Zirconia "Fuck Work (Dances With White Girls Remix)"
Free MP3 Download: "Fuck Work (Dances With White Girls Remix)" via HotBiscuits

#45 Camera Obscura "French Navy"

#46 Animal Collective "Summertime Clothes"

#47 True Pseudo "Freaking Me Out"

#48 Jay-Z & Alicia Keys "Empire State Of Mind"

#49 Ali Love "Diminishing Returns"
Free MP3 Download: "Dimishing Returns" via Spinner.ca

#50 Doves "Kingdom Of Rust"

#51 Das Glow "I Want To Wake Up With You"

#52 Voluntary Butler Scheme "Tabasco Sole"

#53 Whitest Boy Alive "Island"
Free MP3 Download: "Island" via Sterogum

#54 Anthony and the Johnsons "Epilepsy Is Dancing"
Free MP3 Download: "Epilepsy Is Dancing" via RCRD_LBL

#55 Passion Pit "Sleepyhead"

#56 Röyksopp "This Must Be It (Thin White Duke Remix)"

#57 Groove Armada "I Won't Kneel"
Free MP3 Download: "I Wont Kneel" via Blahblahblahscience
Free MP3 Download: "I Won’t Kneel (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)" via WeLikeItIndie

#58 Yacht "Psychic City"
Free MP3 Download: "Psychic City" via RCRD_LBL

#59 Rainbow Bridge "Big Wave Rider"
Free MP3 Download: "Big Wave Rider" via betterPropaganda

MMU Top 100 Countdown 2009 (60-79)

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:48:00 -0500

12.02.2009

#60 Minitel Rose "Business Woman"

#61 Noah And The Whale "Give A Little Love"

#62 M. Ward "Never Had Nobody Like You"

#63 Simian Mobile Disco feat Chris Keating "Audacity of Huge"
Free MP3 Download: "Audacity of Huge (Dekker & Johan Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#64 The Twilight Sad "I Became A Prostitute"

#65 Amanda Blank "A Love Song"
Free MP3 Download: "A Love Song" via PrettyMuchAmazing

#66 The Big Pink "Dominos"

#67 Calvin Harris "Ready For The Weekend (Fake Blood Remix)"

#68 The Virgins "Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania Spring Break No Parents Remix)"
Free MP3 Download: "Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania Spring Break No Parents Remix)" via Salacioussound.com

#69 Gonzales "Slow Down (Minitel Rose Fast Dance Remix)"
Free MP3 Download: "Slow Down (Minitel Rose Fast Dance Remix)" via Fairtilizer.com

#70 Wavves "Im So Bored"
Free MP3 Download: "So Bored" via LivingEars

#71 Think About Life "Havin My Baby"

#72 Pains of Being Pure at Heart "Young Adult Friction"
Free MP3 Download: "Young Adult Friction" via Spinner.ca

#73 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Zero"

#74 Peaches "Lose You"

#75 Kid Sister "Right Hand Hi"
Free MP3 Download: "Right Hand Hi" via NME.com
Free MP3 Download: "Right Hand Hi (Caspa Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#76 The xx "Crystalised"

#77 Bag Raiders "Shooting Stars"
Free MP3 Download: "Shooting Stars (Shazam Dub Mix)" via RCRD_LBL

#78 Jay Reatard "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"
Free MP3 Download: "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" via Spinner.ca

#79 Boy Crisis "Dressed To Digress"

MMU Top 100 Countdown 2009 (80-100)

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 23:56:00 -0500

12.01.09

#80 Sidney Samson "Riverside"

#81 Palermo Disko Machine "Vesuvia"

#82 Major Lazer "Keep It Goin' Louder"
Free MP3 Download: "Keep It Goin' Louder" via RCRD_LBL

#83 Bishop Allen"South China Moon"

#84 Temper Trap "Sweet Disposition"

#85 Bombay Bicycle Club "Always Like This"
Free MP3 Download: "Always Like This (Pariah Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#86 Jenny Wilson "Like A Fading Rainbow"

#87 Bassment Jaxx "Raindrops"

#88 Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck "Heaven Can Wait"

#89 Das Racists "Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix)"
Free MP3 Download: "Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell (Wallpaper Remix)" via TheBurningEar.com

#90 Delphic "Counterpoint"

#91 Yeasayer "Ambling Alps"

#92 The Twilight Sad "The Room"

#93 Marina & The Diamonds "Mowgli's Road"
Free MP3 Download: "Mowgli's Road (Phenomenal Handclap Band Remix)" via RCRD_LBL

#94 Make The Girl Dance "Baby Baby Baby"

#95 Boy Crisis "Sex & Violence"

#96 Chew Lips "Solo"

#97 The Requesters "Pianobytes"
Free MP3 Download: "Pianobytes" via RCRD_LBL

#98 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix "1901"
Free MP3 Download: "1901" via Spinner

#99 Tiga "Shoes"
Free MP3 Download: "Shoes" via RCRD_LBL

#100 Mark Knight & D Ramirez vs Underworld "Downpipe"

coming soon...

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:56:00 -0500

amanda blank

noreply@blogger.com (rc) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:07:00 -0500

11.28.2009

Santigold's "I'm A Lady" + LLCJ's "I Need Love"

Amanda Blank - A Love Song